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kitsch [Ger.,=trash], term most frequently applied since the early 20th cent. to works considered pretentious and tasteless. Exploitative commercial objects such as Mona Lisa scarves and abominable plaster reproductions of sculptural masterpieces are described as kitsch, as are works that claim artistic value but are weak, cheap, or sentimental. A museum of kitsch was opened in Stuttgart. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She's glamorous, fun, stylish, and just a little bit kitsch. Because baby boomers have such fond memories of the era, and their progeny enthusiastically embrace the kitsch of it all, the Valley Ho has been reborn after an exhaustive renovation. ITEM: The San Francisco Chronicle for February 26 reported: "Thirty years after Mao Zedong 's death, Mao kitsch is the new cool, and young men are wearing Mao T-shirts as a sure way of getting admiring looks from young women. |
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